diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index dac89a0..5c81bc1 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # History
 
+# 7.0.0 (2021-05-27)
+    * BREAKING: Validates against 'CSSDirectoryStructure' if it is present in the config
+    * This will break any packages that didn't previously conform to this structure
+
 # 6.1.3 (2020-11-18)
     * BUG: NPX command failed when being run from a project using a private registry
     * Updated to specify the use of the default registry for NPX
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bd5189e..c99dc04 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@springernature/frontend-package-manager",
   "description": "handles the creation, validation, and publication of packages",
-  "version": "6.1.3",
+  "version": "7.0.0",
   "license": "LGPL-3.0",
   "keywords": [
     "node",